by michelle | Sep 11, 2012 | Asset Protection, Trusts and Wills
ANSWER: Ethan R. Okura, Attorney Specializing in Estate Planning (Trusts, Wills, Medicaid Planning & Probate). No, a revocable living trust will not protect your assets from lawsuits. You can cancel your revocable trust...
by Sanford Okura | Sep 16, 2011 | Asset Protection, Trusts and Wills
HAWAII ASSET PROTECTION TRUST By Sanford K. Okura On July 1, 2011, the Hawai‘i Permitted Transfers in Trusts Act was amended. This is an important change in the law because you can now transfer assets to a trust and receive money from the trust and yet have...
by Sanford Okura | May 22, 2011 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
ASSET PROTECTION FOR YOUR FAMILY Your will or trust probably says that you give your assets to your children when you die. (Whenever I mention “children,” I also mean nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters, or anyone else who will be inheriting...
by Sanford Okura | Feb 6, 2009 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
The economic news continues to get worse and worse. First, here is a brief summary of some of the advice I offered in last month’s Estate Planning Insights. Make sure that your savings accounts, checking accounts and certificates of deposit are in...
by Sanford Okura | Jan 3, 2009 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
Nearly every day now, newspapers and televisions are blasting us with information about how bad the economy is. We are in the worst economic crisis since the great depression of the 1930’s. In the midst of this financial crisis, what can you do to protect your...
